Subj : Re: Linux for a Beginner
To   : comp.os.linux
From : Gerard Wassink
Date : Sat Jul 03 2004 08:41 am

On Fri, 02 Jul 2004 18:36:24 -0400, jmh scribbled:

> Ohmster wrote:
>> Gerard Wassink <DontWant@SP_aM.nl> wrote in 
>> news:tkn0e1v2h00i$.140j9l3ihd83k$.dlg@40tude.net:
>> 
>>>That is: buy
>>>yourself a good book (for example the latest edition of "Linux Unleashed"
>>>by Tim Parker (ISBN of my copy is 0-672-31372-3), the third edition still
>>>serves as my reference manual) and install your own.
>> 
>> Linux Unleashed is a great book, I've been using it for years. Don't ever buy 
>> one of those "Dummy" books!
>> 
> Another resource not to overlook--but also not neccessarily
> for beginners, shows the steps but, to keep it simple,
> doesn't fully explain them--is the Linux From Scratch
> project. Look at both the LFS book and the BLFS, and
> possibly the ALFS books--if interested in security
> also look at the HLFS material (book might not be
> available yet). I'm pretty sure you can get all of
> them as PDF files and print what you need. Each will
> provide steps on how to do things like installing
> from source, patching, scripting and the like. Since
> they are all step-by-step instructions intended
> to teach the basics they can provide some great
> material. It's just not what someone who's never
> used linux or some other unix OS before want's to
> start with.
> 
> jmh

I agree, but for a real beginner this would be (IMHO) step 5, and not
something to really begin with.

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